ABSTRACT
Guevara traveled to New York around December 7, 1964 to address the General Assembly of the United Nations while transitioning from his post as Minister of Industries to his new capacity as Ambassador of the Revolution. Guevara's December 11, 1964 UN address is clear, well-documented and flows logically. Excerpts from Guevara's UN address, translated into English, are provided by British historian Richard Gott in his introduction to Guevara's posthumously published The African Dream. Guevara's English translation of his Algiers speech contains 56 paragraphs. The timing of Guevara's inflammatory speech could not have been worse. The fallout from this speech by Guevara signaled a major change in the leadership of the Cuban Revolution. It did not take Castro long to start evaluating the original Comandantes of the armed struggle against Batista. There is no doubt that Castro received angry messages from the Kremlin, and it is clear that Castro had to discipline Guevara.
